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Appendix A. CDOW management category codes. <br />1. INTENSIVE MANAGEMENT WATERS <br />Provides the greatest possible amount of fishing <br />recreation within the limits of the facilities and physical <br />environment to support such use at the least cost. The <br />primary objectives are to provide fish for the angler to <br />catch and keep and to maximize return to the creel. <br />II. OPTIMUM MANAGEMENT WATERS <br />These are put-grow and take waters and/or natural <br />recruitment. Management is designed to provide <br />fishing recreation within the limits of the habitat to <br />produce fish at the least cost, while allowing anglers to <br />catch and keep fish within the water's natural <br />productivity. Stocking, when necessary, is at a level <br />similar to what would be produced naturally if all <br />habitat requirements were satisfied. Regulations <br />limiting harvest to the natural productive capability are <br />imposed. Includes high lakes, headwater streams, wild <br />trout streams, non-urban warmwater lakes and more <br />productive mountain lakes and reservoirs. <br />III. SPECIAL MANAGEMENT <br />These are natural recruitment or waters receiving <br />minimal stocking. Management is designed to preserve <br />or enhance selected species, or to provide specialized <br />fishing recreation within the biological and physical <br />capabilities of the environment to support the <br />designated use at the least cost. The primary objectives <br />are to preserve and enhance selected species (including <br />those listed as special concern, threatened, or <br />endangered) or to provide anglers the opportunity to <br />catch but not always harvest either wild fish, large fish, <br />or unique species. Stocking, if necessary, is at a level <br />similar to what would be produced naturally. Special <br />regulations are frequently used. <br />IV. NON-MANAGED WATERS (OTHER AGENCY OR <br />PRIVATE) <br />These waters are not directly managed by CDOW and <br />are controlled by another agency, organization, or <br />private landowner. <br />DRAFT - January 13, 1998 <br />33 <br />